Interannual variance in a subtidal eelgrass community

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 245-252

  Nelson, Timothy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; El Nino; Epiphytes; Productivity; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRODUCTIVITY; VARIANCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; EL NINO; EPIPHYTE; EPIPHYTES; INTERANNUAL VARIANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEAGRASS;

GASTROPODA; LACUNA; ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 0030618191     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(96)01106-0     Document Type: Article

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